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A Florida man who dropped all appeals has been executed for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed STARKE, Fla. -- A Florida man who recently dropped all legal appeals was executed Thursday for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed. James Phillip Barnes, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke. Lying on a gurney, Barnes appeared to already have his eyes shut when the curtain was opened for witnesses. He didn't respond when prison officials asked if he had a final statement, and he remained motionless except for breathing for about 10 minutes until that stopped. A doctor then pronounced him dead. The 61-year-old inmate was sentenced to death for the murder of nurse Patricia “Patsy” Miller. It was the fifth execution in Florida this year. One of the victim's siblings, And...

Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier — a lethal injection that's expected to proceed on schedule after he dropped all legal appeals and said he wants to accept his punishment. James Phillip Barnes, 61, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke. He would be the fifth person put to death in the state this year. Barnes was serving a life sentence for the 1997 strangulation of his wife, 44-year-old Linda Barnes, when he wrote letters in 2005 to a state prosecutor claiming responsibility for the killing years earlier of Patricia “Patsy” Miller, a nurse who lived in a condominium in Melbourne, along Florida's east coast. Barnes represented himself in court hearings where he offered no defense, pleaded g...

The search for a kidnapped Detroit nurse ended with the grim discovery of her body in the trunk of a car and police said the suspect is her her ex-boyfriend. The search for a kidnapped Detroit nurse ended with the grim discovery of her body in the trunk of a car and police said the suspect is her ex -boyfriend . Patrice Wilson, 29, a nurse at Detroit Medical Center, was abducted Saturday morning in the hospital parking lot after finishing her overnight shift, said Capt. Donna McCord, of the Detroit Police Department. Wilson's body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds Sunday in the trunk of a car at an apartment complex in Novi, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit, police sources told ABC Detroit affiliate station WXYZ. Police launched a search for Wilson's ex -boyfriend , Jamere Miller, 36, who they suspect abducted and killed the victim, authorities said. Roslind Livingston displayed a photo of her daughter, Patrice Wilson, on May 13, 2023, in Detroit. Wilson was ki...

More than 7,000 nurses across two hospitals in New York City walked off the job Monday morning demanding increased pay, better working conditions and more staffing. More than 7,000 nurse s at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing. The strike began at 6 a.m. after nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem failed to reach an agreement with hospital administration during a bargaining session Sunday night, according to the New York State Nurses' Association. "These nurses are dedicated professionals who provide quality patient care under unimaginable conditions day in and day out that were exacerbated by the pandemic," Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, a labor union, said in a statement Monday. "Now they are faced with the added challenge of short staffing that has reached critical levels and could compromise the...